A British collaboration between the electronic group
Beatmasters and the rap duo
Cookie Crew entitled "
Rok da House" is cited as one of the first hip house tracks. Minor controversy ensued in 1988 when a U.S. record called "Turn Up the Bass" by
Tyree Cooper featuring Kool Rock Steady claimed it was the "first hip house record on vinyl". The
Beatmasters disputed this, pointing out that "Rok da House" had originally been written and pressed to vinyl in 1986. The outfit then released "Who's in the House?" featuring British emcee Merlin, containing the lines "Beatmasters stand to attention, hip house is your invention" and "Watch out Tyree, we come faster". More claims to the hip-house crown were subsequently laid down by
Fast Eddie in "Yo Yo Get Funky!",
Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock with "
It Takes Two", and
Tony Scott's "That's How I'm Living". After successful releases by the Beatmasters,
Deskee, Tyree, KC Flightt,
Doug Lazy and
Mr. Lee, hip-house became popular in the
acid house warehouse scene and
nightclubs. Hip house also garnered substantial chart success. The style complemented sample-based records of the period, produced by British artists such as
S-Express,
Bomb the Bass and
MARRS. Hip house tracks featured on popular dance compilations including
Telstar's
Deep Heat compilation series and was championed by DJs such as
Chad Jackson. As house music emerged as a worldwide industry by the late 1980s, U.S. acts such as
C+C Music Factory would use the hip house formula in hits such as "
Gonna Make You Sweat", as well as the
Eurodance particularly with hits by the Belgian group
Technotronic and the German groups
Snap! and
Real McCoy. ==Influence on UK rave scene==